The Argentina national baseball team (Spanish: Selección de béisbol de Argentina) also known as "The Gauchos" is the national baseball team of Argentina. The team represents Argentina in international competitions. They are nicknamed "The Gauchos."
Baseball was introduced in Argentina in 1888 with the establishment of the "Buenos Aires Baseball Club" (BABC), formed mainly by U.S. expatriate. The BAFC remained at least for 30 years, but despite its effort to spread the practise of the sport in Argentina, baseball did not gain much popularity among the Argentine people.
In 1925, the Argentine Baseball Association was established to organize and regulate the sport in the country. Three decades later, when the Liga Argentina had already been in existence, operating since 1932 and eventually becoming the "Federación Argentina de Béisbol", the sport had already spread with several competitions in Buenos Aires, and also the provinces of Santa Fe and Salta. Nevertheless, baseball never attracted the crowds predicted in 1917.
The Venezolean diaspora to Argentina helped the sport spread in the country, as part of improving the level of the local league.
The national team has won the South American Baseball Championship seven times, most recently in 2024 after defeating Brazil 2–1. Their previous victories were in 1959, 2004, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2018. Thanks to this victory, Argentina's baseball team qualified for the 2019 Pan American Games, the first time the team has ever qualified.
In 2022, Argentina participated for the first time in the World Baseball Classic qualification.
Results and fixtures The following is a list of professional baseball match results currently active in the latest version of the WBSC World Rankings, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.
Legend
2022
2019
2018
Tournament results
World Baseball Classic Qualification recordYearRoundPosition 2006 did not enter No qualifiers held 2009 2013 did not enter 2017 2023 did not qualify 2 2 16 22 2026 did not enter did not enterTotal-0/6----221622 OpponentTournaments metW-L recordLargest victoryLargest defeatCurrent streakScoreTournamentScoreTournament11-04–1Panama 2023–W110-1–6–5Panama 2023L111-07–4Panama 2023–W110-1–11–0 (F/7)Panama 2023L1 Overall12–2Against Against L17–4Panama 202311–0 (F/7)Panama 2023
Tournament Appearances Best Result South America Baseball Championship 18 (first in 1957) 1st (7 times) Pan American Games 1 (first in 2019) 7th
Roster
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